The Pinnacle Point insolvency hearing has heard that former trade unionist Richard Kawie was introduced to the developers by the Trilinear owner.
Subpoenaed bank accounts show former minister did receive a salary that he failed to disclose to Canyon Springs.
The probe into how R100m of union pension money went missing will move to prison — to hear testimony from Sam Buthelezi, a key player in the scandal.
Bank records subpoenaed by the liquidation inquiry indicate that Richard Kawie used borrowed pension-fund money to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Attempts to subpoena Richard Kawie to give evidence that could explain what happened to workers’ pension money have hit a brick wall.
Concerns have been raised about why the office of the Master of the High Court did not appoint a liquidator to take over Canyon Springs Investments 12
Pinnacle Point Group hoped for a further injection of the clothing workers’ pension money, after R260-million of their funds had already been sunked.
Trade union pension and provident funds control billions of rands, the oversight of which is too often carried out by a small network.
Deputy Minister Enoch Godongwana is embroiled in controversy about his role in the disappearance of millions of rands of workers’ retirement money.
Former Sactwu consultant, Richard Kawie, is alleged in court papers to have been paid R8-million for his work as a consultant.
Sactwu officials say that about 20 000 workers are affected by the missing pension funds, but others claim many more workers stand to lose.
Deputy Minister of Economic Development Enoch Godongwana and his wife Thandiwe have been linked to a company that disappeared with R100m in pensions.
The Financial Services Board is investigating the investment in 2007 of R420-million of pension funds belonging to Sactwu members.